1N-VAR [oft adjective NOUN](想法、事件等的)背景,环境 The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood. (想法、事件等的)背景,环境
We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres. [+ of]
我们是在对经济、社会、文化诸领域进行改革的背景下从事这项工作的。
...the historical context in which Chaucer wrote.
乔叟写作的历史背景
This is the context in which President Chirac must decide his policy.
2N-VAR 上下文;语境 The context of a word, sentence, or text consists of the words, sentences, or text before and after it which help to make its meaning clear. 上下文;语境
Without a context, I would have assumed it was written by a man.
3PHRASE 在上下文中;置于背景之下 If something is seen in context or if it is put into context, it is considered together with all the factors that relate to it. 在上下文中;置于背景之下
Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.
征税基本上是不受欢迎的,在一定情境中才勉强为人接受。
It is important that we put Jesus into the context of history.
我们将耶稣置于历史环境中来看是很重要的。
4PHRASE 脱离上下文;断章取义地 If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended. 脱离上下文;断章取义地
Thomas says that he has been taken out of context on the issue.
托马斯说,在这个问题上他的话被断章取义了。
Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.